The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-01-13

Torrance of this contract shall, forthwith, de-
ReS nna % of 6bi the Inc eo snm ss S9s% tb OF sns s Sn11ars
evidenced by the certificate of deposit of the
Citizens National Bank Of Cincinnati, Ohio, Of
date March %, 1885, and numbered 1893, properly
assigned and made payable to said Commits
sioners of the Sinking Fund, the same, how
ever, upon completion Of this contract, to be re-
turned to the said Meter or his assignees. In
the event, however, Of the said Meter failing
to comply with the said contract as aforesaid,
to fu Ivl indem ~ i've t sa's stat te1 Tor m ANY, oe io nsc Il may
sustain on account Of fuch failure, to become
and remain absolutely the property Of the State
And the party Of the first part hereby agrees
to and with the party Of the second part that
they will forthwith give notice to the holders Of
said outstanding Canal Bonds. by publication or
otherwise, that the State of Ohio will redeem on
the 31st day Of December, 1885, all Of said out
standing six per cent. Canal Bonds, and that
date.
It is further agreed by and between said par
ties that whenever said Meter shall deliver any
Of said outstanding six per cent. Canal Bonds to
the said Commissioner of the Sinking Fund, he
shall be entitled to receive the full interest at
six per cent. per annum thereon, to the maturity
Of said bonds, to-wit, December 31st, 1886,
and he shall pay at said time to the said Com
missioners of the Sinking Fund the interest at
three per cent. per annum, on the new bonds re-
day Of December, 1886.
m tn %runes Of ~ me sink ane s Fnn Iae of IL ne sts Ge% of
Ohio, and the said Albert Meter, have hereunto
signed their names at the ONCE of the Sinking
Fund Commissioners In the city of Columbus,
Ohio, On the oath day Of March, 1885.
Auditor Of State and President,
rs. KosINsoN; Secretary OF State,
Commissioners Of the Sinking Fund.
ALBERT METER.
The foregoing contract Is hereby this 24th day
Of March, 1885, approved
The State Auditors report shows that while
our State Indebtedness is comparatively small
Indebtedness Of the State is large and rapidly
increasing. 1t has now reached the aggregate
Of more than $50, 900, 900. This growth should be
checked. No county, township or municipal
coIporat doh. snouid pe allowed 70 create a
valuation of its real estate. It is recommended
that such q provision be enacted, and that you
already be q general indebtedness in excess OF
that limitation, no further debt be allowed to
be contracted until the present debt ia reduced
below the Limitation mentioned.
The statute enacted by you at your last ses-
sion. providing for the taxation and regulation
Dow Law, has not been Generally enforced AZ
pending a decision by tho Supreme Court. as to
ever, upheld the law, and Notwithstanding the
ill-advised efforts that are being made to over
throw 1t in the United States courts, it will, no
doubt, be fully enforced ere long throughout
It has been already recommended that this
act be so amended as to give the State twenty
wv pa SShss ~ SAo NoA bAAo
source. The law has been construed to author
lie sales by manufacturers and their agents In
quantities not less than a gallon, in municipal
ton II Of the act, they have prohibited ale, beer
and porter houses or other places where in
toxicating liquors are sold.
This Is an aggravation of. the evil that the
provision was intended to cure. It should be
amended SO as to prohibit this practice. It is
give more satisfactory results to the people OF
the State than any measure relating to the
liquor trafic that has ever been enacted in
Ohio. It is at least due this statute from both
the friends and the enemies Of the liquor traffic
that it shall have a fair trial:
The State Board Of Health, the Food and
Dairy Commissioners, and the Fish and Game
Commission, have been doing most excellent
work. You are requested to examine carefully
their reports, and 1t Is recommended that you
WILDE as liberal in providing for them as the
financial situation will allow.
than a passing notice. Their report shows the
Importance Of their work and the inadequacy Of
the appropriations heretofore made in their be-
withstandingh her great manufacturing and COM
mercial interests, Is nevertheless, in every sense
Of the word, a great agricultural State.
The dreaded disease of pleuro-pneumonia has
been guarded against by the Commission with
great vigilance and efficiency. But 1t is evident
from it which we should have until the National
Government takes hold Of the matter in an earn
est and practical way.
It Is recommended, therefore, that in addition
sioners In every way possible for the work
that is imposed upon them, you appeal to Con-
ment Of Agriculture to regulate Interstate
commerce in cattle, and make an appropriation
this disease to be condemned and killed at the
cost Of the General Government. The history
Of this disease shows that there is no other
efficient mode of dealing with 1t.
The report of the Board of Public Works shows
that the receipts from rents and tolls for the
year ending November IS, 1886, amounted to
H1ol nOn o0oincf for last uaor Rio OkQ VI
thus giving an Increase of 6,771.si. The dis.
bursements make q still more favorable COM
g gass .es1 MS Hns showing %Hrs: iaf saving assfi q ss4.ss7 tsa i'1 In
other words the difference in favor of the State
for this year over last is $50, 559. "a. This gratifying
fesal' revived as ~as f IN an Iv Who are e int inte rest eH in the the
canals, that they are not to be abandoned or
allowed to fall into decay and disuse. They con-
should not dispose Of any part Of them. on the
contrary. 1t should be made distinctly the policy
of the State to improve and uphold and main
tain them. When this becomes well understood
the result will be that business upon and along
them will be revived; new boats will be built,
and their great benefits will be made each year
more apparent, and at no distant day they
should and will become self sustaining.
The Ohio National Guard is an organization
The -encampments during the summer were
orderly and well conducted throughout. Oficers
and men alike appea to take great pride in be-
coming efficient and capable soldiers, and it can
be said with perfect truthfulness that in drill,
discipline and appearance they are the equals
Of any similar organization of any State in the
couragement you can extend.
No event connected with the history Of Ohio
adoption Of our first organic law, the Ordinance
of 1857, and the first settlement on our soil, In
pursuance thereof, at Marietta, on the eth day
Of April, 17SS. The centennial anniversary of
this settlement is close at hand. The adoption
Of this ordinance Is to be celebrated by the Ma
tional Educational Association at its meeting In
Ch{oaOn Iu1v naYf and nafriOfiC noOn1a Of the
whole State will be pleased to see this ~anniver-
sary suitably recognized by an appropriate cele-
bration in Ohio, and by the erection upon the
site Of this first settlement Of an enduring mon.
umental structure.
the Pioneer Association and the Ohio State
Archaeological and Historical Society. have in
augurated measures to secure these results.
The occasion should be made one in which not
only the whole State, but all the other States
that formed part of "the territory lying north
west Of the Ohio river can participate; will =.
held ut Columbus in the autumn of 1888 an
"Ohio Centennial Exhibition" which is de-
educational, and illustrative of our progress and
development as a people. The General Assem-
bly, will probably be appealed to for aid to carry
recommended that it be granted.
In the day Of our strength and prosperity We
should remember the valor OF the army, the
and sufTerings of the pioneers, who secured for
US the priceless heritage we enjoy. 1t will make
Of our duties, and teach our children q lesson of
patriotism and appreciation that will make free
popular government and civil and religious lib
erty more secure in the land which the Lord our
God hath given US. Respectfully submitted,
]. B. FORAKER, Governor.
up on the Elkhorn Valley road,
during the big drifts of the late storm,
an engineer says he took a mile-a-min-
ute shoot at a huge snow pile and dug
a hole through it without Earring his
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